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ENE. ALBXANDER APPARATUS FOR AND-METHOD oPBm-Bnoinfinme. No.293g84 0. v Patent-ed Peb'. 19 1834.

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ELIZA H. ALEXANDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF EMBROJDERING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 293,8l0, dated February 19,1881. Application filed" April 13, i883. lNo m orlel.)

My ipvention has for its object the produc tion of an apparatus or attachment forvuse in a sewing or embroidering machine, whereby embroidering materialsuch as silk, wool, floss, chenille, or other threads or strands-may be coiled into a helix about a former and about the line of movement of the needle of the sewing-machine, and be delivered from the said former and stitched upon a fabric, a garment, leather, or other material, the separate coils being attached tothe fabric one after another by means of the thread manipulated by the needle of the sewingmachine, the stitch made by the sewing mechanism. being taken inside of each coil, and not appearing on the outside 'thereof'or showing at the face of thefabric or garment. The coils of embroidery material will preferably be delivered upon and about a core of wool, cotton, or other cheap material, thus enabling the production of the raised work consisting of a core of cheap material or fiber covered by a more expensive fiber or material, the combined core and embroidering material being united with the fabric by concealed or blind stitches.

My invention consists in an apparatus for and method of embroidering designed to effect the object above stated, all as hereinafter specifically set forth and claimed.

' Figure 1 in perspective represents a sufficient portion of a sewing-machine to illustrate one practical .embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged under side view of the former, which also serves as a presser-foot, and of a movable arm or carrier to receive the embroidering thread or material and wrap it about the former. Figs. 3 and4 are enlarged views representing work produced by my apparatus, acore being used; Fig. 5, an initial letter as produced by my apparatus on a sew- 0 are and may be or any usual construction, and the loop made in the needle-thread c be low the material d, which is supposed to be resting on the bed-plate of a sewing-machine, may be caught by either a hook, such as employed in the W'illcox & Gibbs machine, or by a rotating hook and bobbin containing a second thread, as in the Wheeler 8: Wilson machine, or by a thread carried by a shuttle, as in the Singer or other shuttle or lock-stitch machine.

The part D, attached to the bar B by the screw.b, has a tubular extension or termination, (2, herein denominated as the former or loop-gage, the said former receiving and guiding, as herein shown, a cord or core, E, of any suitable material, preferably cotton or other cheap or strong fiber, and, as herein shown, the part D serves as the presser-foot. The part D d, as herein shown, is so shaped that it receives and acts as a center of motion or hollow pivot for the carrier G, having, as shown, a tube or guide, H, for the embroidering material h, the same beingof silk; but it may be of cotton, or'of linen, or of floss, or of worsted, orof chenille, orother suitable material which it is desired shall be wound about the former and be delivered from the end thereof in coils .or loops, and, if desired, as is preferred, be delivered wrapped about a cord -or core, E. As herein shown, the carrier G is fitted to.

turn or revolve abouttheformer above a col lar. g, attached to the former by a set-screw, l2, and as the carrier is revolved the embroidering-thread is wound about the outside of the former, and the shape of the former is such at its lower end next the fabric or material (Z that each coil, after it. has been formed and drawings, it will be observed that the needle- I00 thread a does not appear outside of or on the face of the embroidery.

The lower end of the presser, which bears on the material, is U-shaped, or so formed as to leave a space, if, at the rear side of the presser, for the passage from under it of the core E without undue friction thereon from the foot. The presser-bar may, if desired, be lifted a little at each stitch by any usual presser-foot-lifting device such as now commonly used in sewing-machines. The core E may be of any desired size or material, as may be the thread h.

In Fig. 4 the embroidcring material or thread h is supposed to be cut above the core and opened out, and in said figure it will be seen that the needle-thread c is extended through the edge of the core. so as not to appear on the outer side of the embroidery.- The dotted lines, Fig. 3, show the needle-thread as crossing the coils of the thread 71/ within the coils, and therefore concealed. The thread 0 may penetrate the core E at any portion of the same, or, if the core is omitted, cross only the thread h inside the coils, as shown; but I prefer to use a core and make the stitch through its edges, as shown in Fig. 4.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the exact shape of former herein described; and I also desire to state that I am aware that an embroidcring-thread has been wound about the needle-thread.

In another application to be filed by me I shall describe and claim automatic mechanism for revolving the embroidery-thread carrier and its spool or bobbin about the needle and former or presser-foot, and also show the spool for holding the core E, the spool being mounted on a stand; and I shall also in another application show two needles to stitch upon astoeking or other garment or fabric threads of silk laid in coils, the stitches being concealed within the coils, the latter being arranged for what is known as clocking.

The carrier herein shown is to be turned about the presser by hand. The passage for the core E might be made in a block attached to the presser.

In this my invention it will be seen that the embroidcring is coiled about a portion of the presser foot, the latter thus constituting a former to regulate the size or diameter of the loops or coils of the said thread, and that each loop or coil is drawn to the desired size, and that the said loops or coils are held upon the fabric by the needle thread 0 entering or overlapping the successive coils from their under sides, thus forming a blind stitch.

The core may be omitted, and in such case the coils in the embroidcring material may be made of greater or less size, according to the size of the former about-which the embroidering material is wound preparatory to and as it is being stitched to the fabric, and according to the nature and size of the embroidcring materials, which, if desired, may be chenille or braid.

The under side or lower end of the former d maybe differently shaped from that shown in the drawingsas, for instance, it maybe made to turn or curve backward, so-a-s to facilitate the passage of the coils of the'thread h fromit.

I claim 1. In asewing or embroidcring machine, a carrier for an embroidcrin g material or thread, combined with a former about which the embroidcring material only is wound or wrapped, and from which the successive coils are delivered to be stitched upon a fabric by a needlethread passing through the former independently of the embroidcring material, substantially as described.

2. In a sewing or embroidcring apparatus, a former or presser-foot made hollow to receive a cord or core,combined with an embroidcringthread carrier adapted to wrap embroidcring material or thread about the said cord or core outside of the former preparatory to attaching the said combined core and embroidcring material to a fabric by sewing-machine stitches, substantially as described.

3. The former or presserfoot provided with an opening for the passage of a cord or core, and a carrier adapted to carry embroidcring material or thread, and adapted to be revolved about the opening in the said former or presserfoot, and also about the cord or core carried by said opening to wind the said embroidering material or thread about the cord or core,

combined with a sewing-machine needle adapted by its thread to secure the cord or core and embroidering-thread upon the fabric, substantially as described.

11:. That improvement in the art or method of producing embroidery on fabrics which consists in closely wrapping aeore of one material with a thread of the same or another material, and confining the said core and embroidery-tlircads upon a fabricby stitches made as the cn1broidering-thread is being wrapped about the said core, the said stitches being concealedfrom view, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihavesigned my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZA H. ALEXANDER.

Vitnesses:

.T. B. ALEXANDER, Jr. JOHN H. TDDIERMAN.

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